The road is a long and winding place in V. W. Sheperd's fascinating debut collection, Over and Over the Road: A Truck Driver's Stories. This short-story compilation, based on Sheperd's real-life experiences while on the road as a cross-country truck driver, features the ups, downs, and everything in between as he forges a life for himself in the confines of a high-rise tractor trailer. Life is never dull when you're driving hundreds of miles a day for three months at a time. Through it all, Sheperd manages to keep his humor, his wits, and his sanity. With seventy-eight different tales of terrible weather, terrifying near-accidents, fascinating people, and philosophical observations, readers will gain a glimpse of the unpredictable- and oddly beautiful- life out on the open road. About the Author V. W. Sheperd is a self-taught poet born and raised in Oregon where he also attended college and earned his bachelor's degree. He has held a variety of jobs, working as a janitor, waiter, credit reporter, real estate agent, and long-haul truck driver. Sheperd lives in Arizona, where he is working on two novels.